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The Celebrated Vaux Hall Performer on the Tight Rope.

The Celebrated Vaux Hall Performer on the Tight Rope.Sketches No 341.

HB. [John Doyle.] [Ducôté & Stephen's Lithography, 70, St. Martins Lane'.]
[Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket Sep.r 16th. 1834.]
Lithograph. Sheet 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"). Trimmed to printed border, title cut and pasted in lower image, laid on album paper.
A satire of Lord Chancellor Henry Brougham as a tightrope walker with a poll with weights marked 'Toryism' and 'Whiggism' on either end. The orchestra, reading from newspapers including The Times, Spectator and Examiner, glare up at him. In 1834, the last year of his chancellorship, Brougham was becoming increasingly unpopular due to his perceived arrogance.
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